Chapter 351: The Olive Branch of the Trade Union

From the release of "Zodiac Turn" on October 1st to October 8th, the end of the first week, with a cumulative box office of 70 million US dollars, this achievement is not a particularly exaggerated achievement for a movie escorted by Spielberg and Harvey, after all, after the joint news of Spielberg, Harvey and Jobs came out, there is no doubt that the public opinion turmoil created brought to this movie is hot. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Coupled with Spielberg and Harvey's connections in Hollywood, Hollywood superstars who help with the promotion naturally abound.

The most shocking thing is that the growth rate of this film's film scheduling has increased from only about 30 on the first day to more than 200 on the second day, and only reached the rehearsal rate of a Hollywood blockbuster on the third day, with more than 1,000 theater screenings.

It is equivalent to the actual cumulative box office of this movie, which can barely be regarded as five days, and if you convert it, if it is a seven-day box office, then more than $100 million does not seem to be an accident.

This is the thing that really caused a sensation in Hollywood, the highest box office "The Lion King" in the history of animation had many years of publicity before, and it created a box office myth of 90 million in the first week, although it was broken by "Shrek" released this year with a box office of 130 million in the first week.

But it still has to shock everyone, because this movie was born out of nowhere, and it has not been promoted before, except after Spielberg took the lead in promoting it.

can only show that this movie has really opened a door for Western audiences.

First of all, the dead Warner Bros. "Harry Potter" is the film they have high hopes for this year, and it is likely to set a new box office performance, but "Zodiac Turn" is likely to create another myth that makes them a little worried.

Stimulated by this new genre and theme, will the audience's expectations for "Harry Potter" fluctuate.

The later the better, so the CEO of Warner Bros. temporarily decided to release "Harry Potter" in advance, and use the form of fighting with "Zodiac Rotation" to deal with it conservatively.

At present, there are almost 36,000 movie theaters in the entire United States, and at present, "Zodiac Turn" will account for 17,000 screenings next week, and then slowly continue to grow, and Warner Bros. will definitely not release "Harry Potter" at this time, and the staggered time may even create a continuous effect, after all, it is with the promotion of "fighting".

In this way, the theater arrangements in the film schedule will be advanced, and it was originally more than 5,000 theaters on the first day to be released at the same time, but now it is estimated that there will be more than 10,000.

Although the topic of creating this kind of 'fighting' is likely to indirectly help the promotion of "Zodiac Turn", Warner Bros. has no choice, because the surprise that this movie will bring is that they dare not bear it easily.

Countless reporters and editors worked overtime to rush the manuscript that day, and secondly, various newspapers in North America published a Harry Potter comic book image familiar to the American imperialist people, holding a magic wand in his hand against the little dragon wearing Hanfu in "Zodiac Turn".

The entire US imperialists are caught in a heated discussion, and even the limelight has overshadowed the shadow brought by the 911 incident that made the whole country grieve before, which is also what the US imperialists officially want to see.

After all, the 911 incident brought them great humiliation, and the casualties caused by the collapse of the twin towers that were attacked by terrorists in broad daylight are the biggest doubts of the people about the military defense of US imperialism.

Now they need something else to distract the public, and movies are a good way to do it.

At the same time, the "Zodiac Turn" brought by Wang Yao has another effect on the US imperialist official.

"Mr. Wang Yao, I was so surprised to see you. A blonde and blue-eyed white beauty shook hands with Wang Yao with a smile on her face.

"Hello, Miss Ebilly. Wang Yao nodded with a smile and sat on the sofa.

"You speak English so nicely. Abilee smiled even more, "It's a bit of a discord for you to stand with that old rascal Harvey." ”

"Hi, girl, if you soak a man, you will soak a man, don't hack me by the way. Harvey chuckled with a big belly, "Some whiskey?"

"Is there tea?" said Abile with a smile.

"When did you drink tea?" Harvey laughed and said, "Boss, you have to be careful, this woman is a well-known stunner in our country, and is known as Monroe's second." ”

"It's all you boring men. Abile sneered, "Mr. Wang won't be so superficial. ”

"I don't understand what he's saying. Wang Yao shrugged his shoulders, "Miss Abile, is there anything to do with me?"

Wang Yao's straightforwardness surprised Abile, and she had the impression that the yellow race should like to beat around the bush, "That's the case, I'm here to express my greetings to you on behalf of the WGA and DGA." ”

WGA stands for WritersGuildofAmerica, a writers' guild;

DGA stands for Directors GuildofAmerica.

Hollywood has been able to complete the industrial system and the progress of the virtuous circle thanks to this union system, in addition to this, there is also the ScreenActorsGuildAwards, which is also known as the actors' union.

These unions, which are made up of industry professionals, check each other with the giants and distributors, unite to ensure their own interests, and there will be no oppression and vicious overlord clauses to maintain order in Hollywood.

The rights of such unions are very large, because they can strike, and if they strike, the producers will have an incalculable budget, so there will be no exploitation of labor.

The entry of a heavyweight director or screenwriter means that the strength of the union has increased by one point.

At the same time, this kind of union will also give newcomers a feeling of backstage, after all, even a director of Spielberg's level will sometimes be angry with those giants, and with a union as a backstage, at least he will have more confidence.

Wang Yao glanced at Harvey who was making tea on the other side, Harvey's kid was an outlier, his identity was swapped between the producer and the worker, and because of his unpopular style, no union dared to accept him easily, and smiled, "Thank you very much." ”

"We confirmed thirty times to discover this miraculous film, from the director to the screenwriter, it seems that you did it all alone, and we unanimously decided that you are an undoubted genius, the hottest rising star of Hollywood's future. Abile's minty eyes were filled with adoration.

Wang Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, and was praised by the beauty, he always felt inexplicably shuddering, "Don't say that, I'm a newcomer, and I have to study hard." ”

"Isn't it a testament to your genius that a newcomer has this kind of achievement?" said Abilee with a smile.

"Don't show off your **, this kid probably doesn't like your type. Harvey took the tea and put it in front of Abile, and said with a smile, "I like it a lot." ”

"Get out. Abile rolled his eyes at Harvey.

"To put it bluntly, my boss's time is precious. Harvey smiled, "If you want to seduce, I advise you to change the time." ”

Ambiley is affectionate and unchanged, "I really can't talk about anything with you guy, Mr. Wang, the presidents of both of our two families hope that you can join our union, I think, your joining should be of great help to the future development of Chinese people in Hollywood." ”

"Hi, friend, do you think you're not going against your heart when you say that?" Harvey laughed.

Abilee glared at Harvey.

"I'm sorry, I might have to say no, because my main business is not to make films. Wang Yao refused apologetically, "I'm an opera actor, if the Broadway union contacts me, I can consider it." ”

Abilee looked at Wang Yao in astonishment, "What?"

"Opera, if you don't understand, go back and Google it. Harvey got up and pulled her by the waist and walked outside.

Wang Yao smiled and shook his head, got up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the exotic Chinese building across the road.

It was in 1927 that Sidney Grauman, the king of American imperial theater with oriental feelings, designed the Chinese Theater by himself, which is a landmark building on Hollywood Boulevard.

The most famous handprint movement on Hollywood Boulevard also originated here, when Sidney Grauman saw the big star at the time, Norma Talmech inadvertently stepped on the mud next to the boulevard, leaving footprints on the boulevard, and he had a flash of inspiration, and felt that everyone who has been to Hollywood should leave footprints and finally make a walk of fame.

Later, Hollywood officials replaced the footprints with handprint movements, and the Huaxia Theater still maintained the footprints movement, which has held many Oscars here, and there are more than 200 Hollywood superstars in different periods such as Marilyn Monroe and Stallone.

Although this building is full of exotic customs in Wang Yao's eyes, because it only has the shape of an oriental building, without the rhyme and meaning, it still does not prevent Wang Yao from having special feelings for it.

Although this building was built by foreigners, it also represents Hollywood's attitude towards China.

Wang Yao hopes that one day, there will be a theater that truly belongs to China, carrying the film dream of Chinese filmmakers, settling in Hollywood and becoming a haven for Chinese.

And that day, he hoped, didn't seem too far away.

"Zodiac Turn" undoubtedly made a lot of money, and Harvey rented a high-rise office opposite the Huaxia Theater to Wang Yao the next day as a base for Yaohua, although the company is currently only the two of them.

Wang Yao has to admire Harvey's ability to understand people's hearts, no wonder this guy who has been turned into a bully by Hollywood can thrive in a place where capital eats people and does not spit out bones, just this careful attitude and keen observation are different from ordinary people.

"This little goblin is so sultry. Harvey smiled as he came back with a red face.

"She should have come more than just throwing an olive branch. Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Of course, she's mainly coming to see you. Harvey smiled, "Don't underestimate this woman, in addition to the femme fatale, she is also a genius, she is not very old and has a good relationship in the circle, and she has close ties with the official, and most importantly, her family is very rich." ”

Wang Yao smiled, "It can be seen that Miss Abile is very temperamental." ”

"yes. Harvey touched his chin, "Warner Bros. took advantage of us, what do you think?"

"I don't know the rules of Hollywood. Wang Yao shrugged, "As long as it's not malicious, I don't have any ideas." ”

"There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. Harvey smiled, "I conservatively estimate that our box office will be super high "The Lion King". ”

"400 million?" Wang Yao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Maybe it's more than that, Warner is making such a fuss, maybe it can go to 600 million, do you know what the concept of 600 million is?" Harvey's face was full of excitement, "The king under "Titanic"!"

Wang Yao smiled and shook his head, "Don't get your hopes up, I think it would be very good if there were 400 million." ”

"I can only say that we are so lucky, at a time when the masses need to vent, and we have caught a theme that has never existed before, as well as this mysterious oriental cultural wind, and more importantly, we can help the official block "Spirited Away". Harvey laughed.

Wang Yao was stunned.